Trump bound for Mexican border – The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

“Just to be clear, an endorsement was never discussed for any presidential candidate”, said a statement from Hector Garza, president of Local 2455 of the National Border Patrol Council. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called Trump a “jackass”.

But his campaign released a statement Thursday saying the union, the National Border Patrol Council Local 2455, had been pressured by superiors to withdraw from the event.

Trump, a businessman and reality TV host, set up a dramatic scene in advance of his own campaign trip, saying he was putting himself in “great danger” by coming to the border area across from the volatile Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo.

His campaign has announced that Trump will hold a press conference at the border and meet border control agents’ union representatives.

While he continues to scheme about how long his guest-star appearance in the 2016 presidential election should be, he is also getting ready for the big primary debate on August 6.

Perry also commented on Trump’s polling numbers by stating that back in 2007, Rudy Giuliani was leading in the polls at one time, and that polls “ebb and flow”.

Trump said it was only illegal immigrants that he objected to, not Latinos in general.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, another contender, told Fox News on Wednesday that the country needs a president who “restores dignity and class to the White House” and that Trump is not worthy of the office.

Ben Carson, another of the 16 Republicans seeking the presidency, said there was too much focus on Trump.

A fervent critic of illegal immigration, Trump on launching his campaign in New York in mid-June accused Mexican immigrants to the United States as being a source of crime and rape. And I hope he will apologize for ridiculing the selfless work of the men and women of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Rangers, Texas Game Wardens and Texas National Guard to protect our communities in the face of the federal government’s failure to secure the border.

“Most of the people who have called me about it are irate”.

The plan signaled no backing down – indeed, a possible further escalation – in Trump’s feud with presidential rivals and other figures in the party.

Companies such as Macy’s, Univision and NBC have cut ties with Trump, but the mogul has stuck to his guns, refusing to back down. “I was their fair-haired boy”, Trump said in the interview.

At the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Graham was chatting on his flip phone as he rode an elevator.

Sen. Lindsey Graham called Trump a “jackass” a day earlier and Trump responded by giving out the senator’s cellphone number, jamming his voice mail.

“Mr. Trump has got an agenda and he’s a real amusing guy and he’s bringing a lot of issues to the forefront because nobody else has the guts to say what he’s saying”, said one man.